Research Article

Magmatism in the Asunción-Sapucai-Villarrica Graben (Eastern Paraguay) Revisited: Petrological, Geophysical, Geochemical, and Geodynamic Inferences

Table 4

Representative chemical analyses (recalculated to 100 wt% on anhydrous basis; in parentheses, standard deviation) of Na-alkaline rocks from ASV ASV [13, 74]. Ages as in [4].

Suite: sodic
Na-AlkalineAnkaratriteAnkaratriteAnkaratriteMelanephelinitePeralkaline Phonolite

No. of samples (1) (1) (5) (1) (1)
Wt%
 SiO243.7143.9743.29 (0.65)45.6755.96
 TiO22.392.122.50 (0.48)2.210.43
 Al2O314.8413.8713.42 (0.95)14.8321.19
 FeOtot10.0110.4410.71 (0.40)7.834.04
 MnO0.180.210.19 (0.01)0.200.22
 MgO10.079.8711.47 (1.23)8.920.21
 CaO12.0610.8111.82 (0.28)10.781.34
 Na2O 5.156.004.12 (0.21)6.7310.77
 K2O 0.891.511.61 (0.32)1.545.76
 P2O50.901.220.88 (0.14)1.280.08
Mg#0.740.720.690.580.22
ppm
 La8111984.2 (12.4)118120
 Ce145186162.8 (24.3)190191
 Nd43.463.755.2 (8.5)65.165
 Sm8.1511.239.4 (1.2)11.4511
 Eu1.892.152.7 (0.3)2.18
 Gd5.775.166.7 (0.7)5.23
 Dy4.814.815.5 (0.7)5.00
 Er2.132.752.4 (0.3)2.86
 Yb1.651.791.8 (0.3)1.87
 Lu0.230.270.27 (0.04)0.28
 Cr542648490 (74)4702
 Ni207273249 (48)2396
 Rb225953 (13)6360
 Sr101610131109 (63)1095654
 Ba10909801090 (95)1094367
 Th10.510.511.0 (2.4)11.6
 U2.32.32.4 (0.5)2.5
 Ta5.95.98.4 (1.0)6.5
 Nb86101105 (13)113
 Zr152234250 (43)228955
 Y263329 (4)3239
Measured
 (87Sr/86Sr)0.70395 (1)0.70374 (1)0.70381 (8)0.70392 (1)0.70405 (2)
 (143Nd/144Nd) 0.51275 (1)0.51276 (1)0.512724 (61)0.51274 (2)0.51268 (2)
 Age4646465060
Initial ratio
  (87Sr/86Sr)i0.703910.703640.703730.703810.70384
  (143Nd/144Nd)i0.512720.512730.512690.512710.51264
581532562558617
58210068218
2080191820961886570
Sr
Nd2.672.912.232.571.54